IMPULSE
Jordan Bak
FOR YOUR GRAMMY® CONSIDERATION
Best Classical Instrumental Solo
Best Contemporary Classical Composition
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Best Engineered Album, Classical
Ryan Streber
Producer Of The Year, Classical
Louis Levitt
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Jordan Bak's debut album Impulse is a contemplative insight into the concept of the present moment told through the soundwaves of the viola. Space, pulse & the illusion of time are encapsulated in compositions of the now, music by Tōru Takemitsu, Tyson Gholston Davis, Joan Tower, Quinn Mason, Jeffrey Mumford, Rebecca Clarke, & Anne Leilehua Lanzilotti. In this new musical landscape Bak takes a diverse array of sounds created by a wide demographic of composers, and offers a thought-provoking open-ended perspective on contemporary music written for an imperfect instrument.
ABOUT JORDAN BAK
Award-winning Jamaican-American violist Jordan Bak is building an exciting international career as a trailblazing artist, praised for his radiant stage presence, dynamic interpretations, and fearless power. He is frequently in demand as a concerto soloist, recitalist, chamber musician and educator. The 2021 YCAT Robey Artist and a top laureate of the 2020 Sphinx Competition, Bak is also a Grand Prize winner and Audience Prize recipient of the 2019 Concert Artists Guild Victor Elmaleh Competition, the recipient of the 2019 Samuel Sanders Tel Aviv Museum Prize and the 2019 John White Special Prize from the Tertis International Viola Competition. In addition, Jordan Bak is a member of the celebrated New York Classical Players and is a featured artist for WQXR’s Artist Propulsion Lab.
A proud new music advocate, Bak gave the world premiere of Kaija Saariaho’s Du gick, flög for viola and mezzo-soprano and the viola premiere of Jessica Meyer’s Excessive Use of Force. Bak also gave an acclaimed performance of the Druckman Viola Concerto with The Juilliard Orchestra at Alice Tully Hall in New York. He has additionally championed works by such composers as H. Leslie Adams, Anne Leilehua Lanzilotti, Quinn Mason, Jeffrey Mumford, Caroline Shaw & Alvin Singleton.
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